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WATCH: 2013 clip of Kamala Harris ordering clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay couples “immediately” resurfaces

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Kamala Harris delivered a direct message to clerks across the state: “Start the marriages immediately.”Resurfaced video shows Harris calling a Los Angeles County clerk shortly after the state Supreme Court had struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban, and delivering the order.Though a California court declared the law unconstitutional in 2010, gay marriages were still halted until the state’s Supreme Court’s ruling three years later.

The U.S. Supreme Court would follow suit in 2015, by making marriage equality the law of the land.Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!As AG, Harris refused to defend Prop 8, which voters passed in 2008, against court challenges, solidifying herself as an early champion for LGBTQ+ rights.“Is this the clerk in Los Angeles?

This is Kamala Harris,” she said to the LA County clerk. “You must start marriages immediately. You must start the marriages immediately.

OK, that’s wonderful. Thank you. Have a good day, and enjoy it. It’s going to be fun.”Harris punctuates the call with her trademark–and very meme’d–spontaneous cackle.

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